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Patented Dec. 17, 1889'.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

REUBEN M. ROSE, OF NORWALK, CONNECTICUT.

SEAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,510, dated December17, 1889.

Application filed December 29, 1888- Serial No. 294,972. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: I

Beit known that I, REUBEN M. RosE, of Norwalk, county of Fairfield, andState of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements inSeals; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to they the seal. Fig. 4 is aview of the main portion ofof the form shown in Fig. 2 with one end of shackle E hooked on tongue Dof disk portion A. Fig. 7 is asimilar view with one end of shackle Ehooked in slot C, as shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 8 is a shackle having itsends turned over in a hooked shape. Fig. 9 is a similar view havingportions of metal cut out to form a hook shape at either end, as G G.

To enable others skilled in the art to make my improved seal, I willproceed to describe fully the construction of the same.

Figs. 8 and 9 represent a shackle of any proper length and width, whichis provided at its end with a hook shape, as indicated by F F and G G. I

Figs. 5 and 6 show the inside disk portion tongue D of disk A. Figs.4=and 7 show a similar disk with slots C C.

Fig. 4 represents a disk B for one side of seal, with slots C C for thepurpose of introducing into said slots the ends F F of shackle E, asshown in Fig. 7, when the disk H overlaps the periphery .of disk B. Bythis means the seal is made complete.

Fig.5 represents another form of a disk A for one side of seal, which isprovided with an overhanging rim adapted to having one portion of saidrim pressed down to form the tongue D, the remaining portion of said rimto be closed down upon the periphery of a like disk A, with tongueportions D facing each other. After the disks. are closed together bythe overhanging rims the hook portions D form an opening to admit theintroduction of the ends F F of shackle E, as shown in Fig. 6. By thismeans the seal is made complete.

The manner of using the seal is substantially as follows: The seal beingin the condition indicated in Fig. '7, the slot-ted disk B beingoverlapped by disk H, and. one end of shackle E passed into slot C, withits hooked,

the portion F of shackle E over the inner edge of slot C in disk B. Bymeans of this construction a perfectly secure fastening is obtained.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

- 1. In a seal, the combination of two or more disks adapted to besecured together and having one or more openings, and a shackle havinghooked ends to engage in said openings, substantially as set forth.

2. In a seal, the combination of the disks H and B, adapted to besecured together, and one of said disks having slots C C, and theshackle E, having hooked ends F F, to engage in said slots,substantially as set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 20th day of December, 1888.

- REUBEN M. ROSE.

Witnesses ANDREW SELLIGK, GEO. A. CLINE.

